Tomkins Farm

View prices & book 9.3 118 reviews
Plenty of space (added by manager 15 Aug 2022)
Grassy pitches (added by manager 15 aug 2022)
Sitting around the firepit (added by philip_o643275 02 aug 2021)
Guests on site (added by philip_o643275 02 aug 2021)

  • Dog-friendly East Sussex farm site with alpacas, sheep and camels
  • A 15-minute drive from Barcombe Mills and half an hour from Brighton
  • Firepits provided; several pubs within walking distance; trails nearby
From wild swimming, hiking and mountain biking to touring castles and museums, Tomkins Farm is well situated for a pretty chirpy rural break in East Sussex. Your headquarters will be a farm site with grasslands (occupied by alpacas, sheep, Jeffrey and Batu the camels) and spacious pitches that are nicely set up for families, large groups or whoever else you’re bringing along, including dogs. There’s a lot of scope for blood-pumping activities from here, whether that’s following miles of footpaths, mountain biking down the South Downs Way (the national park is 10 minutes’ drive away) or swimming and paddleboarding at Barcombe Mills (15 minutes). You can also hire a rowing boat from the Anchor Inn pub (15 minutes) and go looking for herons and cormorants on the River Ouse. On site, relaxation comes in the form of fresh air, open spaces and regular starry skies, thanks to the low light pollution. Each pitch has its own firepit and space enough for on-pitch parking. Although basic, the facilities are functional, with full flushing toilets, hot showers and a washing-up area with hot water. Craving something to eat from a classic country pub? The closest pub is just 10 minutes’ walk away, with several others in Newick (40 minutes’ walk or a five-minute drive). As for local produce, you’ll be able to sniff that out at a farm shop five minutes’ drive away.

Campground type

Rent a tent 4
Tent sites 40
RV sites 38
Open now
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • The park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Breed-specific legislation (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • The park caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.
  • This is a quiet park: no music is allowed.
  • If making a fire, the fuel, logs and coal have to be purchased on site.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality flashlight with them as parts of the park are unlit.
  • No naked flames are allowed inside the hired accommodation units.
  • Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.
  • Swimming in the lake is not allowed.
  • There are no garbage cans onsite: all garbage will need to be taken home with you.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, Apr 5 to

Campsite types & availability

Reviews

94%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

The farm animals…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Aoife C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: The farm animals

Recommend to friends Visit again

Such beautiful surroundings!!!! Friendly staff and cute animals everywhere. Can’t wait to…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 6
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Such beautiful surroundings!!!! Friendly staff and cute animals everywhere. Can’t wait to come back

Disliked: Toilets can be a bit far away depending on where you stay (espesh at night) however I rather enjoyed my early morning walk up there in the sun and can hear the lovely birds

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Amazing friendly staff, clean facilities, well looked after site…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Shelly T. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Amazing friendly staff, clean facilities, well looked after site

Recommend to friends Visit again

Loved it. Clean facilities, friendly, great setting. Back to basics.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Beautiful setting, surrounded by nature, very peaceful. Good sized pitches. Owners were very friendly and helpful. Good clean facilities. Loved the outdoor shower experience. Plenty of flushing toilets and good sized sink area with hot water for washing dishes. Loved it

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Will be back!

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Huge pitches with fire pits. Scan a QR on your pitch to have drinks and firewood delivered to your door. Very friendly owner. Lovely views, pub within walking distance. Lovely private open air showers with hot water. Didn’t try WiFi but we had a 4g signal. We’ll be back!

Disliked: Basic loos but they were clean and plentiful. Geese were a bit noisy in the morning but not really a problem.

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Peaceful & tranquil

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities No rating
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 6
Wifi No rating
Jane S. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Lovely location, nice walks and pub short walk down the road. Friendly helpful staff. Basic facilities but perfectly adequate, flushing toilets, female only toilet nice touch. Level grass pitches nicely spaced each with a fire pit, logs can be purchased from staff when they come round in the evening, you can also order and purchase fridge items. This is a really peaceful site, no music and quiet time at 8pm, made it an ideal restful break.

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely place, friendly people, idyllic location

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 8
Wifi No rating
Nicole S. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Lovely friendly site owners, great to have the option of pizzas, ice cream and bar on site, beautiful surroundings with the river, woodlands and meadows all about. Top walks.

Disliked: Hot water was out, but only temporarily. Made it more authentic anyhow.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Beautiful site with clean facilities, friendly staff and great pitches

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Jen T. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Level, spacious pitches, great space allocated for our group (we booked individually but camped together). Clean, functional facilities. Quiet in the evening and morning. Delicious pizza's delivered to our pitch. Yummy breakfast baps. Lovely farm to wander around and see the sheep, lambs, llamas and camels. Owner and staff very friendly, helpful and welcoming with tips for the local area.

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Lovely quiet site with plenty of space. Very friendly, helpful manager who…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities No rating
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness No rating
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Lovely quiet site with plenty of space. Very friendly, helpful manager who made sure I knew the best walking route to the pub.

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Beautiful surroundings

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Kelly R. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: The facilities were adequate and clean, including hot water. The farm is beautiful and the animals were a lovely bonus. The owner was very accommodating and friendly, and would definitely stay again, great for walks too.

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Features

Leisure on park

Bar or club house

Cycle hire

Evening entertainment

Fishing

Fitness centre

Indoor swimming pool

Kids' club

On-site restaurant/cafe

Outdoor swimming pool

Playground

Recreation room/arcade

TV room

Takeout

Tennis

Watersports

Amenities on park

Bath available

Car parking by site/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Free wifi

Grocery store

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Laundromat

Parent & baby washroom

Payphone

Pick-up from public transport

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Restrooms

Shower available

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Scouts welcome

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue grills allowed

Barbecue provided

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Dogs allowed all year

Camping 2.0

Jumbo tent sites

Themes

Budget/backpacker

Peaceful

Remote location

Utilities

Charging facilities

Dump station

Electric car charging point(s)

Propane/gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Convenience store nearby

Dog walk nearby

Public transportation nearby

Type

Farm

Medium (26-50 sites)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Restaurant nearby

Sailing nearby

Watersports nearby

Location

Tomkins Farm

Cinder Hill

North Chailey

East Sussex

England

BN8 4HP

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

50.95755°N
-0.00851°W

Route directions

The What3Words code for the entrance is lawfully.shorthand.alas

Nearest transport

Bus
4.6 mi Bus Station
5.9 mi School Lane
5.9 mi School Lane
Rail
3 mi Plumpton Rail Station
3.7 mi Cooksbridge Rail Station
4.6 mi Uckfield Rail Station
Ferry
11.9 mi Newhaven Harbour Ferry Terminal
Airport
15 mi Shoreham Brighton City Airport
15.3 mi London Gatwick Airport South Terminal
15.3 mi London Gatwick Airport

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

Run by the National Trust, Sheffield Park and Garden (10 minutes’ drive) has a large landscaped area spreading around four lakes, plus swathes of parkland. The kids might want to spend some time exploring the woodland play trail, with den-building materials, wood carvings and, of course, a bunch of trees to climb. Speaking of the kids: if they’re into Winnie the Pooh, they might feel right in their element at Ashdown Forest (15 minutes), where children’s author A.A. Milne set his stories. They can go hunting for favourite places like Pooh Sticks Bridge and the Heffalump Trap, while the adults take in the glorious High Weald landscape. Whatever the weather, the seaside city of Brighton (half an hour) has plenty to keep you busy. On sunny days, you can unfurl a towel on the pebbly beach or check out the rides and arcades at Brighton Palace Pier. If you’d rather be indoors, you can visit the spectacular Royal Pavilion or the SEA LIFE Brighton aquarium.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Brighton Kemptown 11 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Good
Saltdean 11 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Brighton Central 11.2 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Hove 11.6 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Southwick 13.3 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Sheffield Park Garden 3 mi

Bluebell Railway 3.1 mi

Wakehurst Place 8.4 mi

Preston Manor 10.1 mi

Standen 10.1 mi

National Trust

Sheffield Park Garden 3 mi

Wakehurst Place 8.3 mi

Monk's House 8.3 mi

Standen 10 mi

Nymans 10.5 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

NEWICK PARK 1.5 mi

SHEFFIELD PARK 2.9 mi

North to South over the South Downs 3 mi

Anchor Inn - Barcombe Mills - Anchor Inn 3.4 mi

PLUMPTON PLACE 4.4 mi

Local events

  • Glyndebourne Festival (Thursday, May 16, 2024 – Thursday, May 16, 2024)

    Lewes, England 6.3 mi

  • Wick Street Festival (Thursday, August 29, 2024 – Thursday, August 29, 2024)

    Polegate, England 10.4 mi

  • Arundel Festival (Saturday, August 17, 2024 – Saturday, August 17, 2024)

    Arundel, England 24.9 mi

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Nearest campgrounds

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable campgrounds.

Want to know more about camping in East Sussex?

  • Does Tomkins Farm have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Tomkins Farm dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Tomkins Farm? Run by the National Trust, Sheffield Park and Garden (10 minutes’ drive) has a large landscaped area spreading around four lakes, plus swathes of parkland. The kids might want to spend some … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Tomkins Farm?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  3 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-park accommodation
    Arrive:  3 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Tomkins Farm? From $38.18 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.